just looked at walters' wiki page. has been a coach at 8 schools since 2009. now starting to make sense to me why he hasn't lasted anywhere very long. purdue deserves all of the backlash they're getting for his shenanigans- I, and I think perhaps many others, didn't understand hiring him as their head coach when it happened
Illinois 50, Purdue 49 OT Postgame
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RabidDawgClassic
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Awhile back on Saturday Sportstalk, one of the guests — I can’t remember who, but it was presumably someone credible, not a random caller — mentioned that, when Hudson Card was at Illinois on his official visit, Walter’s was waiting for him in his fancy new car outside of the football building and personally drove him to West Lafayette for a visit there. Card committed to Purdue shortly thereafter.
I was surprised, at the time, that this story didn’t get more play, especially on this board. But if true, I would imagine this is at least one item that didn’t sit well with Bret.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Hahahahahahah!! Now how incredibly stupid does he look that he had someone in our huddle and still couldn't pull it off!!??
This probably explains at least 50-60% of the defense looking so bad. Not a full Hall Pass, but you're also not going to the Principals office.
Luke wasn't losing this one. He gets my game ball.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
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Yeah, that's bush league.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
In the past two weeks, there were 11 games with top 25 teams who either lost to an unranked opponent or beat an unranked opponent by less than a touchdown:
1 Alabama: 35
Vanderbilt: 40
4 Tennessee: 14
Arkansas: 19
8 Miami: 39
California: 38
10 Michigan: 17
Washington: 27
11 USC: 17
Minnesota: 24
22 Louisville: 27
SMU: 34
25 UNLV: 41
Syracuse: 44
4 Penn St: 33
USC: 30
7 Alabama: 27
South Carolina: 25
8 Tennessee: 23
Florida: 16
22 Pittsburg: 17
California: 15
College sports are weird.
USC woke up last Saturday 3-1 as the #11 ranked team in the land and they’ll go to bed tonight unranked and 3-3.
Alabama beat #5 Georgia, then lost to unranked Vanderbilt.
Washington beat #10 Michigan, then lost 40-16 to unranked Iowa.
It’s hard to win college football games. Enjoy it.
1 Alabama: 35
Vanderbilt: 40
4 Tennessee: 14
Arkansas: 19
8 Miami: 39
California: 38
10 Michigan: 17
Washington: 27
11 USC: 17
Minnesota: 24
22 Louisville: 27
SMU: 34
25 UNLV: 41
Syracuse: 44
4 Penn St: 33
USC: 30
7 Alabama: 27
South Carolina: 25
8 Tennessee: 23
Florida: 16
22 Pittsburg: 17
California: 15
College sports are weird.
USC woke up last Saturday 3-1 as the #11 ranked team in the land and they’ll go to bed tonight unranked and 3-3.
Alabama beat #5 Georgia, then lost to unranked Vanderbilt.
Washington beat #10 Michigan, then lost 40-16 to unranked Iowa.
It’s hard to win college football games. Enjoy it.
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Illini2010-11
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Just got home from game. Few thoughts:
1) Embarrassing that a number of fans stormed the field after beating a terrible team. Such a bad look
2) Illini were on cruise control until a double move td from Purdue, followed by the sack, fumble td. Completely turned the game around, and the fans clearly felt it
3) Defense looked bad for stretches in first half, but tightened when needed. In the second half, it broke. So many miscues, and Purdue took advantage. 500+ yards allowed is unacceptable (at least they made one stop on last play)
4) The onside kick recovery was terrible (get the ball!). That type of recovery up the middle like that should never happen
5) Very fortunate on game tying drive. Live I thought Altmyer fumbled, the replay was very close. Glad it was called down on field, as these calls always seem to go against us
6) Altmyer and offense was mostly crisp. Wow is Bryant a beast
7)
"Forget what you saw, Illini won back the Cannon. 5-1. Beat Michigan!"
1) Embarrassing that a number of fans stormed the field after beating a terrible team. Such a bad look
2) Illini were on cruise control until a double move td from Purdue, followed by the sack, fumble td. Completely turned the game around, and the fans clearly felt it
3) Defense looked bad for stretches in first half, but tightened when needed. In the second half, it broke. So many miscues, and Purdue took advantage. 500+ yards allowed is unacceptable (at least they made one stop on last play)
4) The onside kick recovery was terrible (get the ball!). That type of recovery up the middle like that should never happen
5) Very fortunate on game tying drive. Live I thought Altmyer fumbled, the replay was very close. Glad it was called down on field, as these calls always seem to go against us
6) Altmyer and offense was mostly crisp. Wow is Bryant a beast
7)
"Forget what you saw, Illini won back the Cannon. 5-1. Beat Michigan!"
A win is a win.. Now it's time to hit the Sailor Jerry's & Diet coke for the night.
Updated video highlight compilations from this season (Purdue game added)
Passing Touchdowns (14)
Rushing Touchdowns (7)
Interceptions (7)
Sacks (7)
Forced Fumbles (6)
Key Passes (32)
Key Rushes (25)
Field Goals (10)
Passing Touchdowns (14) Rushing Touchdowns (7) Interceptions (7) Sacks (7) Forced Fumbles (6) Key Passes (32) Key Rushes (25) Field Goals (10)Hey, that was just Walters giving Reggie a tryout for the interim Defensive Coordinator position so he could take over the offense and have someone to fire afterwards when Purdue gave up 50. *snickers*
It's not uncommon for a coach to have a former player on an opponent help do game prep. But yeah, putting a player in that situation forcing him to try calling plays live is a dirtbag move. You're the coach, you should have enough info to make those calls yourself if the opponent is stupid enough to have not changed plays and signs from the previous season. Forcing a kid to do it who probably has some mixed feelings about the game anyways is low and quite frankly insulting. And while I understand winning at all costs, putting a college kid in that position just goes against the unwritten code of how to coach and raise young men. That's some Beckman level clownery there.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
You’re gonna need to add a new, specific category: Dylan Rosiek Game Ending Sacks in Overtime.Updated video highlight compilations from this season (Purdue game added)
A win is a win …
We’ve got a lot to clean up …
We’ve got some guys who we’re gonna really have to try and get healthy quick …
Altmyer … Keep doing your thing kid …
Josh McCray … One tough dude … Love seeing that guy do well …
Oh yeah … Ryan Walters … Since I know you’ll be reading this later … We standing on business over here … So you can take all that nonsense and all the talking and all the pretending you don’t know what you did today back with you to Purdue along with that fat L … You’re a bum in my book …
I-L-L …
Having some depth added to the levels of Walters' chicanery and general douchebag-ery kind of flavors this game a bit differently for me, and helps me to savor the victory even more.
All things considered, I think this was a weird game on many levels (in a sport which, as some have correctly identified, can be very wacky), and I hope it's proven to be more of an aberration than any real regression. Time will tell.
All things considered, I think this was a weird game on many levels (in a sport which, as some have correctly identified, can be very wacky), and I hope it's proven to be more of an aberration than any real regression. Time will tell.
A win is a win. The offense carried the team to a win today. If the offense didn’t come out we would’ve lost that game today. The defense looked pretty bad. Some blown coverages. However, there were a few breaks that didn’t go our way towards the end of regulation. Purdue wouldn’t have came back and taken the lead if atleast one of them worked out. The first one was the interception missed by Rosiek and the second one was the interception missed by Bailey. Missing Xavier Scott was huge. He would’ve had atleast one or two interceptions today. You can tell our secondary just isn’t as good when he’s not out there.
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Cool to hear the stadium cheer like that on the game winning play. Wish I was there for the first half, got lost taking a leak, then came back for overtime. That would’ve been ideal for this one
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
No. 23 Illinois outlasts Purdue 50-49 in overtime on sack on 2-point conversion
Luke Altmyer threw a 25-yard touchdown pass in overtime to Pat Bryant, and Dylan Rosiek sacked Purdue’s Ryan Browne on a 2-point conversion attempt to give No. 23 Illinois a
No, it wasn’t. They are horrible. That was incredibly deflating. They scored 7 points against Notre dame, 10 against Nebraska, and 6 against Wisconsin. They dropped a 50 spot on us on our field with their back up qb. I’m still dumbfounded.
I'll be honest. I thought he was a douche from the get go. He was our douche so I held my nose and accepted it. Now, from the outside looking in, my perception was spot on.
100% when you play a team as bad as Purdue you want to put them away early. That’s what good teams do. We could’ve rested starters late in the game and got some guys game reps.
The defensive performance yesterday was embarrassing.
Like 27-3 mid third?
In your scenario, Illini kick extra point to go up 13 with 5 minutes to play. Purdue then scores 14 to go up 1 with 40 seconds to play. If we lose in that scenario (which is likely) then you say “why kick meaningless extra point to go up 13 and lose by 1”
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